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Book Riot: I Bribed a Librarian to Pick Out Books
Earlier this month, fellow Book Rioter contributor Jeff O’Neal observed that “discoverability” isn’t really a problem for the readers he knows, making new sites like Bookish.com a solution looking for...
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True Confessions of a Spoiler Addict
This post originally appeared on Book Riot. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones (all the series), the Harry Potter series and The Hunger Games, so reader beware if you care about...
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Book Riot: Dreaming of Personal Reading Analytics
The post originally appeared on Book Riot. Big brother knows what you’re reading….if you read ebooks. It’s not really a secret that big companies like to collect big data on their customers. Free...
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My Bat Signal for Book Nerds
I’ve mentioned the beautiful scarf that my sister got me for Christmas a couple of times, but neglected to share some of the best details about it. Hence, this post that originally appeared on Book...
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Why Isn’t Just Reading Enough Anymore?
This post originally appeared on Book Riot, where it got a lot of great feedback. Since it was published on Tuesday, Kate Rados with the Crown Publishing Group reached out on Twitter to ask for...
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: Bring Out Your Dead!
This post originally appeared on Book Riot. In “Buy, Borrow, Bypass,” Book Riot contributors give brief reviews of their recent reads and advise whether you should buy, borrow, or bypass them. I’ve...
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Nonfiction Stories About ‘Almost Famous Women’
“Now reading her letters, I knew more about the woman I thought I loved. Or maybe I knew less. Maybe what I knew was that there was more mystery and hurt than I could have imagined. Maybe the world has...
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IRL: Nonfiction to Read if You Loved ‘The Girl on the Train’
This post originally appeared on Book Riot. IRL is a twice monthly feature where I pair popular fiction with some great nonfiction. You can see all of my writing at Book Riot by following this link....
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IRL: Nonfiction to Read if You Loved ‘Americanah’
This post originally appeared at Book Riot. If you have not picked up Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, stop what you’re doing and get it right now. This book is fantastic. Americanah is the...
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Apparently 2015 is My Year to #ReadHarder
Generally, I am terrible at reading challenges. It seems that as soon as I challenge myself to do something, it turns into work and I automatically don’t want to do it anymore. The best way to ensure...
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Reader Recommendations for the #ReadHarder Challenge
About this time last month, I shared how I was doing unexpectedly well with Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. When I posted in May, I’d completed 12 of the 24 tasks on the list. Since then, I’ve...
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11 True Stories of Lady Adventurers
This post originally appeared on Book Riot. Gertrude Bell, the Female Lawrence of Arabia (Wikimedia Commons) I love a good adventure story. I would never actually get on a boat going deep into the...
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IRL: Nonfiction to Read if You Loved THE TURNER HOUSE
My first novel of 2016 set the year off on such a good foot – I absolutely loved The Turner House by Angela Flournoy. The Turner House is a big family story, set in a crumbling black neighborhood in...
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Book Riot: 100 Must-Read Memoirs
A couple of weeks ago, I had a pretty epic post go up over at Book Riot — 100 Must-Read Memoirs. It was such a fun post to put together, especially because it made me realize how much the genre has...
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Checking in on Book Riot’s 2016 Read Harder Challenge
Last week, in a bit of packing-related procrastination, I decided to check in on how I was doing with Book Riot’s 2016 Read Harder Challenge. Last year, I managed to finish 19 of the 24 tasks, which I...
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Genre Kryptonite: Adding X-Men to Anything
I try to be a savvy reader who isn’t tricked into picking up books based simply on marketing copy. Sorry, book PR people, but I don’t let your schemes work on me… except when the blurbs or cover copy...
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Nonfiction to Read Before (or After) the Solar Eclipse
This post originally appeared on Book Riot. This month’s total solar eclipse, which will pass over the United States on Monday, Aug. 21, has gotten me all excited about space and astrophysics once...
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Vacation Reads and a New Project
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I just got back from a quick warm weather vacation near the beach! A college friend and I went to an all-inclusive resort just south of Cancun for a...
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